The observatory became famous in more than just scientific circles after appearing in such movies like “GoldenEye”, “Contact” and the “X-Files” TV series. Its building was completed in 1963, and for more than 50 years it has been considered the world’s largest single-aperture radio telescope.
The iconic Arecibo radio telescope...
University of Washington scientists have developed a tiny, wearable camera that can be mounted on bugs.
This window into a bug's world weighs just 248 milligrams (8.7 ounces), researchers describe in a paper in Science Robotics, and can stream video at 1-5 frames a second to a mobile phone within...
Aspiring space tourists, pack your bags and get your checkbooks ready. Spaceship Perspective has announced the Spaceship Neptune, a balloon-borne capsule that will be taking tourists to the edge of space.
The space tourism market continues to grow, with Space Perspective announcing its plan to use its access to NASA...
Buzz Aldrin has passed a lie detector test after claiming that he has encountered alien life, it's been reported.
The former Lunar Module Pilot, who was the second man on the moon, was one of a number of astronauts who revealed accounts of their sightings under lab conditions at the...
At least six new pirate skeletons have been discovered from a legendary 300-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Cape Cod.
The Whydah Galley was an early 18th Century slave ship that reportedly held more than 4.5 tons of gold and silver. The Whydah was captured by Captain "Black Sam" Bellamy...
You’ve never seen amphibians in this light before. Like, literally, this specific azure light. Today in the journal Scientific Reports, researchers for the first time show that amphibians glow if you throw blue light on them. The tiger salamander suddenly pops with brilliant green spots. Cranwell's horned frog is...
Newly released footage shows the dramatic final moments of the Arecibo Observatory – the second-largest radio telescope on Earth – which collapsed earlier this week, in yet another major loss for humanity in 2020.
On Tuesday morning at 7.54 am local time, the 900-ton platform at the Arecibo Observatory, which...
A mysterious red glow at the centre of the Milky Way has been detected for the first time.
The Milky Way’s nucleus thrums with hydrogen that has been ionized, or stripped of its electrons so that it is highly energized, said Haffner, assistant professor of physics & astronomy at Embry-Riddle...
SpaceX's next astronaut mission for NASA has been delayed due to a combination of weather conditions and a technical issue, according to NASA.
The mission, known as Crew-1, was slated to lift off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Saturday evening. But in a blog on Friday, NASA announced that "onshore...
